Your SIMS database can be shared to allow multiple workstations to work with it simultaneously. Please follow these steps to share your SIMS database.
Note: In most environments, administrator privileges will be required for at least some of the steps below. Please contact your IT department for assistance if you do not have this level of access.
Step 1: Create shared folders
Pick a folder that all SIMS users and workstations will be have access to. Typically, this will be a folder on your server, but it doesn't have to be. Create a folder named SIMS inside of this folder. Inside of the SIMS folder, create two folders: one named Data and one named System.
In this example, we've created our SIMS folder inside the Athletic Training folder on our server. The folders probably won't have the same names on your server, but this should give you an idea of what the end result should look like.
If you're sharing your data from a workstation rather than a server, the C:\Users\Public folder is a good place to locate your SIMS folder.
Step 2: Grant folder permissions
Any user that will be working with SIMS will need permission to read, write and delete from both the Data and System folders. To comply with HIPAA, you should only grant access to those users who need access to these folders, i.e., SIMS users. There are different approaches to granting permissions, all of which are beyond the scope of this article. Managing user permissions is usually handled by your IT department.
Step 3: Locate your current Data and System folders
Assuming you've already installed SIMS, your Data and System folder are probably stored on a local drive. To figure out where they are located, open SIMS and select Tools/Options from the menu. Click the File Locations button to see the current locations of your files.
In this example, the Data and System folders are both located in the C:\ProgramData\SIMS folder:
Step 4: Relocate file contents
Now that you know where your files are, you just need to copy them from their current folders to the shared folders you created in Step 1.
a. Close SIMS if it is running.
b. Open the Data folder you identified in Step 3, and type CTRL+A to select all of its contents. Note: The contents of your Data folder may be different than those shown below. A typical Data folder will contain between 150 and 250 files.
c. Type CTRL+C to copy the selected files to the Windows clipboard.
d. Open the shared Data folder you created in Step 1.
e. Type CTRL+V to paste the files to the shared Data folder.
Now, do the same thing with the System folder:
f. Open the System folder you identified in Step 3, and type CTRL+A to select all of its contents.
g. Type CTRL+C to copy the selected files to the Windows clipboard.
h. Open the shared System folder you created in Step 1.
i. Type CTRL+V to paste the files to the shared System folder.
Step 5: Reconfigure SIMS
Now that the files have been relocated, we just need to let SIMS know where to look for them.
a. Open SIMS and select Tools/Options from the menu.
b. Click the File Locations button.
c. Click the System folder browse button 
to select the shared System folder you created in Step 1.
d. Click the Default database browse button to select your default database from the shared Data folder you created in Step 1. The default database will be named SIMS.DBC unless you named it something else when you created it.
The file locations should now look similar to this:
(This image is only intended to give you an idea of what the end result should look like. The server and/or folder locations shown above more than likely will not match yours.)
e. Click OK from the File Locations window, then OK again from the Options window.
f. Close and reopen SIMS. If you've configured everything correctly, you should now see your shared database name in the title bar of the SIMS window.
g. Repeat step 5 on each of the other SIMS workstations.
Step 6: Clean up
This part is optional, but if you followed the previous steps to the letter, your original Data and System folders are still hanging around in their original location. You may want to delete the original folders now that their contents have been copied to the shared folders.